Champaka Ramanayake

Champaka Ramanayake

Personal information
Full name	Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake
Born	(1965-01-08) 8 January 1965 Galle, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1986–1995)
Test debut (cap 40)	12 February 1988 v Australia
Last Test	14 September 1993 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 49)	8 March 1986 v Pakistan
Last ODI	14 April 1995 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI Matches 18 62 Runs scored 143 210 Batting average 9.53 10.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 34* 26 Balls bowled 3,654 2864 Wickets 44 68 Bowling average 42.72 30.13 5 wickets in innings 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 5/82 4/17 Catches/stumpings 6/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2017

Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake (born 8 January 1965), or Champaka Ramanayake, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played in 18 Test matches and 62 One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1995.

Champaka is a highly experienced and respected international cricket coach. He worked as the national fast bowling coach for Sri Lanka Cricket board for 15 years and Bangladesh Cricket Board for two years. Champaka's proudest and highest achievement is discovering Lasith Malinga at the age of 16 and guiding and coaching him to be the best fast bowler Sri Lanka ever produced and one of the best in the world.

He is the current high performance fast bowling coach of the Bangladesh national side.

Early life

Champaka was born at Galle and had his education at Richmond College.

Trivia

Champaka remains the only person to have bowled in international cricket at Ray Mitchell Oval, in Mackay, Australia. The venue hosted its only international match during the 1992 Cricket World Cup, and the match was washed out after his first two deliveries.